Same thing with some of the Northern areas of MN. Nothing between Brainard or International Falls and the North Pole but a stray Polar Bear.
That’s kinda what I figured. Too cold for me!
My mother first lived in Sitka, then Kodiak, then Juneau and I think she even lived in Fairbanks. I’ll have to ask one of my older sibs I was too cute and little to remember all the stories!